Hokuloa Road
Elizabeth Hand
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Hokuloa Road
Elizabeth Hand
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
It will take him a while to learn about mythology — and it’s a wonderful crash course for readers.
... [an] exciting, rich, thick verisimilitude.
What makes Elizabeth Hand’s books so captivating is that, like Simmons, she works myth, legend, folklore and other apocryphal stories into her mysteries, adding her own elements and tailoring weird myths and ancient knowledge to her stories. Not only does it bring depth and texture, it really dials up the creepiness.
The book sometimes moves too slowly, stepping on its revelations with overabundant detail. But it revs up toward the end, and it is brilliantly atmospheric..
Full enjoyment of this book may depend on one’s tolerance for the supernatural element, mocked by hardcore mystery fans as 'the woo-woo factor.' Nonetheless, Hokuloa Road is a finely written thriller—a compelling adventure story set in a vivid location..
Horror collides with amateur sleuthing here as the island’s protective spirits seek justice for a predator’s crimes against its sacred space and its adopted people. Hand, author of the iconic 12 Monkeys, is a master at genre-blending stories that feature carefully dosed supernatural malevolence. Here, she wields that mix of horror and thriller to draw together a cast of sympathetically awkward, fiercely loyal outcasts. Another strange, satisfying winner..
... atmospheric if flawed.